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Cath Airtig‘The battle of Airtech’

• Early Irish
• Ulster Cycle

Manuscripts

• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]

  ff. 169va–170ra
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 pp 708-776 (comprising parts of vols 22 and 23), pp 792-809 (comprising part of vol. 23) [1616]

  pp. 724–728

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Language

• Early Irish

Associated items

Tecosc Cuscraid

Classification

Ulster Cycle

Subjects

Cúscraid Mend MachaCúscraid Mend Macha (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – warrior in the Ulster Cycle, son of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Conall CernachConall Cernach (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle; son of Amergin and Findchóem
See more Ailill mac MátaAilill mac Máta (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – king of Connacht, husband of Medb of Connacht
See more Medb ChrúachnaMedb Crúachna / Medb of Crúachan / Medb of Connacht (ass. time-frame: Subject:Ulster Cycle) – Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
See more Airtech UchtlethanAirtech Uchtlethan
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more UlaidUlaid
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more ConnachtaConnachta
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See more Fir DomnannFir Domnann
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Airtech

Airtech, Artech

County Roscommon

Fir MalandFir Maland

No description available

Crích MalandCrích Maland

No description available

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Best, R. I. [ed. and tr.], “The battle of Airtech”, Ériu 8 (1916): 170–190.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Bhreathnach, Edel, “Tales of Connacht: Cath Airtig, Táin bó Flidhais, Cath Leitreach Ruibhe, and Cath Cumair”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (Summer, 2003): 21–42.

web page identifiers

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Contributors

C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen

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